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Espen Jorstad, who captured the 2022 WSOP Main Event title and the accompanying $10 million prize, recently reviewed several pivotal hands from his championship run in a video for GTO Wizard. The timing coincides with the upcoming 2026 WSOP Main Event final table, set to air on ESPN and ESPN2 from August 3-5.
Jorstad began the 2022 final table as chip leader with 88,600,000 in chips, but his stack was immediately tested. Facing an open from Jeffrey Farnes, Jorstad called with pocket tens, only to see a dangerous flop that gave Farnes bottom set. After a turn check-raise and a small river bet from Farnes, Jorstad made a tough call and lost a big pot, relinquishing his chip lead in the process.
Later, holding A♣10♥ under the gun, Jorstad discussed the fine margins involved in his opening range, noting that ace-nine would be an easy fold while ace-jack would be a clear raise. The hand developed into a three-way pot with Michael Duek and Aaron Duczak, eventually leading to a check-raise from Jorstad on the river that forced Duek to fold a busted flush draw.
Jorstad admitted uncertainty about that aggressive line, suggesting his read on Duek’s tendencies with certain flush combinations influenced the decision.
Another key moment came when Jorstad, holding roughly 50 big blinds with A♣Q♦ on the button, deviated from GTO recommendations by raising rather than shoving over two short stacks. Adrian Attenborough called all in with K♥J♦ and rivered a king to survive, eventually finishing as runner-up to Jorstad.
